1974 VFL Semi Final 1: Hawthorn v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 14 September 1974 between Hawthorn and Collingwood in the first semi final of the 1974 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Collingwood at MCG. Don Scott captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Hawthorn
Back: B. Douge, K. Moore, K. Heath
Half-back: I. Bremner, P. Knights, B. Jaworskyj
Centre: L. Rice, A. Goad, G. Ablett
Half-forward: K. Matthews, B. Jones, C. Grummisch
Forward: M. Moncrieff, J. Hendrie, D. Meagher
Follower: D. Scott (capt.), M. Tuck, L. Matthews
Sub.: D. Parkin, B. Stevenson

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), L. Thompson (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, S. Clifford, P. Cranage, M. Delahunty, R. Dunne, D. Gott, B. Heard, A. Holmes, R. Hyde, P. Manassa, P. McKenna, P. Moore, B. Picken, B. Price, R. Shaw, G. Shephard, R. Wearmouth, J. Williams

Hawthorn (21.12.138) defeated Collingwood (13.10.88).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (7), M. Moncrieff (4), C. Grummisch (3), G. Ablett (2), K. Matthews (2), J. Hendrie, B. Stevenson, M. Tuck
Collingwood: B. Heard (3), P. McKenna (3), R. Shaw (3), L. Thompson (2), B. Price, R. Wearmouth

As a result of this match, Hawthorn faced North Melbourne in the preliminary final and Collingwood were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Hawthorn v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 14 September 1974
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 84,846

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Collingwood
Score: 21.12.138 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 7 . 5 12 . 7 18 . 11 21 . 12 21 . 12 (138)
Collingwood 2 . 2 7 . 4 12 . 4 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin HWTH by 33 HWTH by 33 HWTH by 43 HWTH by 50 HWTH by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (Hawthorn), Neil Mann (Collingwood)
Captains: Don Scott (Hawthorn), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Len Thompson (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Ablett, Geoff WR ? 2 0 17 13 4 2 ? 3 2
20 Bremner, Ian HBFL ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 ? 2 3
11 Douge, Brian BPL ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 ? 2 2
19 Goad, Alan C ? 0 0 22 19 3 1 ? 1 4
7 Grummisch, Charlie HFFR ? 3 2 12 10 2 3 ? 2 3
8 Heath, Kevin BPR ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 ? 2 2
25 Hendrie, John FF↓ ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 ? 2 1
1 Jaworskyj, Bohdan HBFR ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 ? 1 2
31 Jones, Bernie CHF ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 ? 2 2
24 Knights, Peter CHB ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 ? 2 2
4 Matthews, Kelvin HFFL↓ ? 2 1 14 12 2 3 ? 2 2
3 Matthews, Leigh RO ? 7 1 24 21 3 5 ? 1 4
30 Meagher, Des FPR ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 ? 3 6
6 Moncrieff, Michael FPL ? 4 3 14 11 3 6 ? 2 3
15 Moore, Kelvin FB ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 ? 3 1
27 Parkin, David SUB↑ ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
13 Rice, Leon WL ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 ? 1 2
23 Scott, Don (c) RU ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 ? 4 10
12 Stevenson, Bruce SUB↑ ? 1 2 8 7 1 2 ? 2 2
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 1 1 18 16 2 2 ? 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 12 260 212 48 48 0+ 39 56

B. Stevenson replaced J. Hendrie during the second quarter.
D. Parkin replaced K. Matthews during the fourth quarter.

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 ? 3 1
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 4 ? 2 1
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 ? 3 1
28 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 ? 3 4
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 4 ? 3 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 0 ? 3 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 3 0 7 7 0 5 ? 0 2
40 Holmes, Allan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 ? 2 1
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 ? 4 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 6 ? 3 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 3 1 7 5 2 3 ? 1 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 ? 0 2
3 Price, Barry ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 2 ? 6 1
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 2 ? 4 3
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 3 1 16 15 1 2 ? 5 2
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 ? 3 3
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 2 1 14 8 6 1 ? 6 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 1 ? 2 1
14 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 ? 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 10 249 201 48 54 0+ 56 39

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






23 D. Scott (c) 27 D. Parkin
30 D. Meagher 25 J. Hendrie 6 M. Moncrieff 17 M. Tuck 12 B. Stevenson
FORWARD 3 L. Matthews

HALF-BACK













7 C. Grummisch 31 B. Jones 4 K. Matthews



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













2 G. Ablett 19 A. Goad 13 L. Rice FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













1 B. Jaworskyj 24 P. Knights 20 I. Bremner



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













8 K. Heath 15 K. Moore 11 B. Douge



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Neil Mann